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SaintMax wrote:
NC must have considered the disruption factor. If he removes Nigel at this stage of the season, could the team keep going for a few weeks using its own momentum, characters in the dressing room and coaching staff until Mau is up to speed?
He must have...

Maybe he factored in the new manager effect ahead of an incredibly tricky run of games? Teams normally up their game for a new gaffer, and if we can do that over the next few weeks we might take more points that we otherwise would have. (A win at Old Trafford wouldn't half get the doubters on side.)

Teams in the situation you're describing here though are usually in a different situation to the one that Saints are in. The 'new manager effect' or whatever it's called, normally comes about after the sacking of someone who wasn't liked, was failing, lost the support of the squad or the supporters or had the team sitting at the bottom of the division. I don't think any of those apply here do they? Me, I'm trusting in the hope that reports of MP's tactical ability are true and that he really has done his homework on the team. Not that I approve of how he was employed of course. But he is here now and he is our manager so good luck to him and hold on tight."

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